Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, 29th May 29 2024, convicted and sentenced one Adeyinka Bilkisu Gbadamosi to six months imprisonment for currency racketeering. Gbadamosi was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge bordering on currency…
Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, 28th May 2024 arrested five suspected illegal Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in Maiduguri, Borno State. The suspects were arrested in Borno State Hajj Camp, situated at Sir Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri. READ ALSO: Court jails one…
Justice Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Court on 29th May 2024 convicted and sentenced one Aliyu Mohammed to twelve months imprisonment for land scam to the tune of N4,800,000 (Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira). Mohammed was jailed after pleading guilty to one-count charge of intent to defraud preferred against him by the…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission secured 3,175 convictions and recovered N156,276,691,242.30 (One Hundred and Fifty-six Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy-Six Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-Two Naira, Thirty kobo) between 29th May 2023 and 29th May 2024,…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Command, on Thursday, 30th May 2024, arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in early morning sting operations at two different locations in the state. 21 of the all-male suspects were arrested in Eket, while the remaining 19 were picked up in Ikot Ekpene. READ ALSO:…
